Re: [MLUG] Unix Epoch Time

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>Ok,  the owner of the channel ran the command on my
>written PHP IRC bot and it shows the following.
>
><LilLulu> SYNTAX: -time #
><LilLulu>   1) 00:29:24    : 24 hrs Clock
><LilLulu>   2) 12:29:25 am : 12 hrs clock
><LilLulu>   3) 1073543366 seconds since the Unix Epoch (1/1/1970 00:00:00)
>
>She wants to know what is so important about that big.. number.
>well, I personally don't really know.
>
>So can anyone help me out?
>  
>
Why do you think there is anything important about it? It just happens 
to be the real time as a computer knows it. For none-geek people you 
might show the seconds since the turning from BC to AD on the calendar. 
It's no more or less important than any other way of showing the date 
and time. It's much easier to work with from a programmer's point of 
view though.. for debugging and stuff. You know you've spent to much 
time programming when you get to being able to read epochs as a normal 
clock (actually it's more like reading a sundial).

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